Review of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

I was kinda sad due to the lack of references made to Aeris. She is my favorite FF7 character after all. I am, on the other hand, furious due to the fact that Tifa got a considerable amount of screen time, and the rumors that the boy was their son. He does not look a thing like Cloud or Tifa, but you know there is such a thing as "when there's smoke, there's fire" right? Cloud is even more handsome in this movie, since his features were enhanced. Actually everyone looked great. I was glad to see Barret, Vincent, Yuffie, Cid et al. I was kindasad that they got little screen time, but then again they were just supporting characters anyway. I was wondering what happened to Cait Sith though. Why did he ditch his body? That's how people knew him so he should stay that way.

Who knew the turks (especially Reno) were a bunch of good looking people? Back when they were in chibi like form, I imagined Reno to look like some idiot but he was actually cool. Kadaj et al weren't bad either. Really nice to look at, but we all know he's evil deep inside.

The story was a bit hard to understand at first, but then again I find myself always like this. I didn't get the virus aspect - maybe I wasn't listening enough. I was too distracted by Cloud anyway.

That Sepiroth and Cloud fight scene sure did bring some memories. I love that background music that goes "Sepiroth!" Super cool. I held my breath in some spots and it was really exciting. The fight scene was well "choreographed" and it was short enough to keep you asking for more, but not too long to make you wanna skip the whole fight scene.

To summarize, I love it because of the superb graphics, great music, great fight scenes, and of course, the wonderful Cloud Strife.